Adventures in vegan eats and feats

strawberry baked oatmeal snacks and more lemon squares

Ahem. After marking like a beast today (and all days past), I’m feeling rather antisocial, since I have been mentally violated by the types of essays I’ve marked. Nevertheless, tomorrow I’m meeting up with a gaggle of ladies from employment places past and present to have frozen yoghurt on the grass. Since I don’t eat frozen yoghurt, or grass, I figured I should bring my own snacks along to blend in (and share in the case of the first sultry number on my baking list).

I used rye flour as a crust and it worked out just as well! Really squishy and yet firm. Very strange but very nice!

I cut these into twelve pieces, even though I have gone up to (rather, down to) 16 before. I figure they’re so tasty, and this way I at least get one before man-thing devours them all, if he behaves long enough for pals to try.

The second treat I made for Man-thing and I for during the week is a variation on My Whole Food Life’s baked oatmeal. Alas, I had no pumpkin left in my house after making a sneaky ice-cream project (which turned out to be a delicious flop ;p), so I decided to sub the pumpking puree for tofu, and to add a cup of whole strawberries, which were then finely cut. I left out the honey/agave and rather added 2 or so more splashes of milk (splashes = roughly a TBSP). I also only used 130g oats with 10g oat bran, and 10g digestive bran,

Look at that! All colourful and what not! Each baked oatmeal…muffin thing comes out to about half a medium pan’s pocket, though enough for 12 of them. The dough isn’t really like a dough (should’ve melted the coconut oil first *shameface*) but when squished together by hand or into the muffin pan with the back of the spoon one could see that it would hold rather nicely together. Success!

I took this shot, thinking, ah, time to pack away, and somehow I had a blackout and ended up reawakening with the last of the oatmeal traipsing down my throat. I think my body is trying to sabotage me into eating more of this stuff! Not very sweet, but the blobs of strawberry make it delicious!

Lastly, this is what man-thing did over the weekend when it was so icy outside and we were making soup inside.

I got called downstairs to this, along with a whole long explanation about what condensation is, and how it happens. It being one of the few (if ever!) times someone has done something like this for me, I was so incredibly amused and amazed. I’m not a very affectionate person to the public, and not always enough to man-thing, but he still makes my heart squirm 😀 It’s amazing to think someone else in the world can have all these feelings for you! A seemingly never-ending flow of love and affection… it’s rather startling! I must work on sharing feelings too, but they come across as subtle as an awkward handshake. :p That’s why, in part, I have taken up baking and what not – it’s a good way for me to put time and effort into something hopefully yummy for someone else to show that I care in my own berserk way. Tra la la!

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Ahoy, I’m Margaux! History teacher and freelance editor; wench to my Man-thing; volunteer at a cat shelter; and handmaiden to our kitsy cats, Gatsby, Freyja and Atlas. This blog is dedicated to vegan food, occasionally overthrown by pictures of foster kittens and other fluffy creatures. I love sharing ideas and recipes, so don't be shy: stop by and say hi!